The School Liaison Program
What is the School Liaison Program?
(Image by Arianne Del Rios, 16, a brain tumor survivor and Dana-Farber patient.)
The School Liaison Program (SLP) in the Division of Pediatric Psychosocial Services at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provides school consultation to patients who have a diagnosis involving the central nervous system or who have completed treatment involving the central nervous system. Consultation about the cognitive late effects of treatment is provided to assist parents in understanding and advocating for their child's learning needs. Collaboration with the school system is offered to ensure that educators have the knowledge of neuropsychological late effects of treatment and are aware of services and strategies that will enable a child to be successful in learning.
What is Consultation?
In the School Liaison Program, we view consultation as an interactive, problem-solving process, which empowers the parents and/or school professionals to best meet the learning and other school related needs of the child. Initially, our goal in consultation is to improve parents and school professionals' understanding of the child's school related needs in order to provide services based on those unique needs. Ultimately, our consultative goal is to help parents and school professionals develop the skills to independently identify and implement appropriate school-based services to meet the specific needs of the child.
